Success Stories
Lane flight grad and instructor to teach Chinese pilots
story by Joan Aschim
Thaddeus Beebe, Lane flight instructor for the past year and a half and a graduate of the flight technology program, leaves for China this month to become a flight instructor at a new Pan Am flight training facility in the city of Shijiazhuang, capital of the Hebei province. Beebe will train pilots who will fly for Air China and Hainan Air.
Beebe interviewed for the job this summer after hearing from friends that Pan Am was starting the new company and was hiring. The former worldwide airline has continued to offer flight instruction.
Beebe, 28, earned an associate of applied science degree in flight technology at Lane in 2001, and a bachelor of arts degree in Chinese language and literature from the University of Oregon in 2003. His studies included a year abroad in Beijing where he made many friends in the aviation industry.
Training will be conducted in Diamond DA40 and DA42 four-seat aircraft that have glass cockpits similar to modern jet airliners. Beebe will teach four students per term. They will train Monday through Friday for about a year.
For more information about Lane's flight technology program, contact Harvey Birdseye at (541) 463-4302 or birdseyeh@lanecc.edu or visit the Flight Technology web pages.
